Intro for June 19, 2014

“We have earned the right to fail.” Is what Iker Casillas said a couple of weeks before the start of the World Cup after Real Madrid’s UEFA Champions League win yesterday. And I wrote at the time that…well… it’s not the attitude you want going into the tournament.

So, yeah, they failed. Spectacularly. And Iker in particular took a massive sh-t. I hope Sara Carbonero isn’t as fickle as I am, you know? This won’t be happening this year:

While Spain was getting dumped from the World Cup, the country crowned a new King and Queen, Felipe and Letizia. They made sure it wasn’t happening at the same time as the game, right?